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Student Project Proposal

This document contains a student project proposal on studying the relationship between skipping meals and academic achievements of college going adolescent girls in Madurai district, India. The student, S. Saranya, will conduct the study under the guidance of Mrs. B. Bhuvaneshwari. The objectives are to identify obese college girls, take anthropometric measurements, collect data on dietary patterns and academic performance, and analyze the data using statistical tools. The methodology involves selecting a random sample of 100 college girls, collecting information through a validated questionnaire, imparting nutrition education to 25 subjects, and assessing nutrition knowledge. This will help determine the impact of skipping meals on academic performance of adolescent girls.

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Student Project Proposal

This document contains a student project proposal on studying the relationship between skipping meals and academic achievements of college going adolescent girls in Madurai district, India. The student, S. Saranya, will conduct the study under the guidance of Mrs. B. Bhuvaneshwari. The objectives are to identify obese college girls, take anthropometric measurements, collect data on dietary patterns and academic performance, and analyze the data using statistical tools. The methodology involves selecting a random sample of 100 college girls, collecting information through a validated questionnaire, imparting nutrition education to 25 subjects, and assessing nutrition knowledge. This will help determine the impact of skipping meals on academic performance of adolescent girls.

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STUDENT PROJECT PROPOSAL

1. Name of the student : S. SARANYA

One valid e-mail id : [email protected]

2. Name of the guide : MRS B. BHUVANESHWARI

M. Sc., M. Phil

Department / Designation : HOMESCIENCE

Institutional Address : Sri Meenakshi Government Arts College for


Women (A).

Goripalayam, Madurai – 09.

Phone no & Mobile no : 9442703118

3. Project title : TO STUDY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN

SKIPPING MEALS AND ACADEMIC

ACHEIVEMENTS OF COLLEGE GOING

ADOLESCENTS GIRLS IN MADURAI DESTRICT

4. Sector in which your project Proposal is to

Be Considered : SOCIAL SCIENCE


5. Project Details:

1. INTRODUCTION

2. OBJECTIVES

3. METHODOLOGY

4. WORK PLAN

5. BUDGET

Date ……………

CERTIFICATE

This is to be certified that Mr. / Miss. _____________________________is a bonafide final year


student P.G. Science courses of our college and it is also certified that two copies of utilization
certificate and final report along with seminar paper will be sent to the council after completion
of the project by the end of April 2020.

Signature of the guide Signature of the HOD Signature of the principal/

Head of the institution


Introduction:

Obesity in children and adolescents is gradually becoming a major public health problem in
many developing countries including, India. [15],[16] (Popkin BM and Doak CM.,1998),( Gupta
DK., et al.,2011)The problem of obesity in India is not only found in the metropolitan cities [16](
Gupta DK., et al.,2011) but even in the smaller cities like Surat, [17]( Goyal JP., et al.,2011)
Mysore, [18]( Saraswathi YS., et al.,2011) Thrissur [19] (Panjikkaran ST., et al., 2009) and
others. [20] (Raj M., and Kumar RK., 2010) A substantial impact on public health could be
achieved if other factors causing obesity besides the conventional ones of diet and physical
activity could be identified and acted upon [21] (Gupta NK., et al.,2002) and that makes this area
vital for research.

As a stage of life, adolescence is considered a specifically vulnerable time in the life of an


individual; marked by transitions in nutrition, psychological behavior, sexual development,
lifestyle and other arenas of life. Habits and lifestyle factors like breakfast skipping maybe
formed, changed or strengthened in this tender age. Therefore, surveillance of the adolescent
health and lifestyle profile of these young people can also serve as an early warning system of
threats that will ultimately engulf larger populations. [22] (Edelman MW., et al and Families in
Peril., et al.,1987)

The skipping of meals is a common practice in this age group, and this is more common in girls
than in boys. Girls generally miss meals in an effort to lose/maintain weight. Generally,
breakfast, which is the most important meal of the day, is not consumed. The reason could also
be waking up late, and consequently getting late for school/college. As School and Colleges
begin very early in the morning, many children’s to not feel like eating at that hour. The ill-
effects of skipping breakfast are short attention span and lake of alertness in the classroom,
which then negatively impacts the learning process.[1] Ravinder Chadha and Pulkit Mathur. (2015)

The Adolescent Health Behaviors Survey in Korea has reported that the rate of skipping
breakfast more than twice a week among adolescents aged 13–18 years was 26.7% [18]. Thus,
skipping breakfast may be a risk factor for weight gain because among those who skip breakfast,
increased snacking, skipping lunch, living a sedentary lifestyle and obesity are more common
than among those who do eat breakfast [19].( Keski-Rahkonen A., et al.,2003)

Eating breakfast is thought to be essential for balanced nutrient intake and healthful nutritional
status, both of which can influence weight status and cognitive ability related to memory and
academic performance 20, 21, 22.( Pollitt E., et al., 1998., Kleinman R., et al., 1998., Alaimo K.,
et al.,2001)

Academic achievement of students in Korea is an issue of great interest for both students and
parents, in part because academic achievement is directly related to university entrance and
future employment opportunities. Recently, the relationship of being overweight and health-
related behaviors to academic achievement has drawn much attention. Previous studies 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6(Alaimo K., et al., 1998., . Nord M., et al,.2002., . Lee M.Y ., et al.,2002., Siega-Riz A.M., et
al.,1998., Keski-Rahkonen A., et al.,2003 and Sjoberg A., et al.,2003) have reported that health-
related behaviors of adolescents—including diet, physical activity, smoking, and drinking
alcohol—are related to academic achievement of school-age children and adolescents.

Level of academic achievement was quantified by the KNSAE scores. In this study, we used the
test scores on three obligatory subjects (language, mathematics, and foreign Language parts), and
the average test score for these subjects because all students took these subjects. The level of
academic achievement was classified into high, medium, and low groups. (Yang Wha Kang., et
al., and Jong-Hyock Park., et al.,2016)

OBJECTIVES:

 To identify college going girls who obese by purposive random sample.


 To take the anthropometric measurement of the selected sample of
college going adolescent girls.
 To collect data’s regarding their dietary pattern and academic
performance.
 Formulate statistical tools.
 Interpretation.
METHODOLOGY:

Selection of area

Selection of sample (n=100)

Formulation of tools

Collection of data

Assessment of nutritional status Socio and economical status

Anthropometric measurement Dietary survey

Nutrition education

1. Select a purposive random sample of college going girls (n=100) from Sri Meenakshi Govt
Arts College for Women (A), Madurai.

2. Formulating a pretested and validated questionnaire to collect information on Anthropometric


measurement, Socio economical status, Dietary pattern.

3. Imparting nutrition education to the selected subjects (n=25).

4. To assess their nutrition knowledge.

5. Analyse the data with the help of relevant statistical tools.

6. Has a similar project been carried : No?


Out in your college / elsewhere? If

So furnish details of the previous

Project and highlight the improvements

Suggested in the present one

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